What is the definition of stupidity? I guess one of them is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a new result. Well, that may sound a bit harsh towards myself, but that could be a definition of what I am doing with these 365 projects. I do the same sort of thing - I shoot pictures on a daily basis and upload them to Instagram for the world to see. After the year is done they form a diary of sorts, a telling of what I thought the year entailed photographically. At least partly, since like most photographers I shoot A LOT more pictures than the one that gets uploaded every day.

2020 will be my 5th year doing a 365 project (2014,2016,2018,2019 were my previous years. The last three were successful, the first was not) and I have few doubts that this year will be successful as well. I take enough pictures with my various cameras that I will have backups in case a day doesn’t yield a picture taken on that particular day (that is still the goal though, to upload THAT DAY’S picture).

The challenge now is more to come up with new interpretations of already used locations (since I tend to move in somewhat familiar circles), angles I’ve not tried before. That will be the big challenge in 2020, and it’s something I am looking forward to do for a whole year!

(Photo of me by Ulf Nilsson)

*My 2016, 2018 and 2019 books from Blurb.com. It’s nice to have a physical memento in the end once you’ve finished the year long projects. Hopefully 2020 will be the same!*